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The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) reported in 2013, that Bangladesh's travel and tourism industry directly generated 1,281,500 jobs in 2012, or 1.8% of the country's total employment, which ranked Bangladesh 102 out of 178 countries worldwide. [4]
Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation. Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) [2] (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ পর্যটন করপোরেশন) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism of Bangladesh, tasked to promote the tourism industry of the country. It is the National Tourism Organization of the ...
The Bangladesh Tourism Board (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ পর্যটন বোর্ড) is the national tourism organisation of Bangladesh, responsible for promoting tourism and providing necessary training and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [1] Mr. Abu Tahir Muhammad Zaber, Additional Secretary is the present CEO of the board. [2 ...
The tourism industry has become very successful in the Sundarbans, with annual visitation increasing from around 50,000 in 2002 to around 117,000 in 2010. One of the main attractions for tourists is the Royal Bengal Tiger, which is widely used in advertising. [ 16 ]
Biggest festival of Bengalis, Pohela Boishakh. The culture of Bengal defines the cultural heritage of the Bengali people native to eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent, mainly what is today Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura, where they form the dominant ethnolinguistic group and the Bengali language is the official and primary language.
There are three World Heritage Sites in Bangladesh, and a further seven on the tentative list. [3] The first two sites listed were the Mosque City of Bagerhat and the Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur, in 1985. Both sites are cultural. The most recent site, the Sundarbans, was listed in 1997 and is a natural site.
The tourism industry is expanding, contributing some 3.02% of total GDP. [198] Bangladesh's international tourism receipts in 2019 amounted to $391 million. [ 199 ] The country has three UNESCO World Heritage Sites ( the Mosque City , the Paharpur Buddhist Ruins and the Sundarbans ) and five tentative-list sites. [ 200 ]
The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism oversees aviation and tourism sectors in Bangladesh's government, including related departments and agencies.